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. >> schieffer: we'll get the latest from republican senator john mccain, and obama supporter mayor rahm emanuel of chicago. plus analysis from ruth marcus of the "washington post." mark leibovich of the "new york times magazine." bob shrum of the the "daily beast." john fund of the "national review." and cbs news political director, john dickerson. here comes the storm because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. welcome to "face the nation." and if there were not enough political and weather news, add this-- an earthquake that measures a magnitude of 7.7 has taken place off the coast of western canada. no injuries or damage reported so far there. so we're going to start with the big storm up the east coast of the united states, hurricane sandy. for that, we go to chief meteorologist david bernard from our miami, florida, station wfor. dave, tell us what you know. >> reporter: all right, good morning, bob. all right the weather is starting to affect the mid-atlantic
. >> schieffer: we'll get the latest from republican senator john mccain, and obama supporter mayor rahm emanuel of chicago. plus analysis from ruth marcus of the "washington post." mark leibovich of the "new york times magazine." bob shrum of the the "daily beast." john fund of the "national review." and cbs news political director, john dickerson. here comes the storm because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from...
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mccain and his operatives manipulating the john mccain contractor in that race in the manipulating the mitt romney contract and trying to influence those outcomes so a couple of things first of all markets are not predictive that's false that's a false so that's brokers tell customers to get them to give them their money that they can they they know which way the market's going and if they if they did they wouldn't be asking you for your money they would be talking to you maybe on an island somewhere sipping champagne markets will give you an indication of what people are really going to estimate the future might be today that this is the market price today is what people are estimating the future to be however that does not there's a fifty fifty chance that they may or may not be right it does not predict outcomes that's a completely false statement number one number two in trade as a virtual market that builds on my technology never got a penny from them thanks dublin based scam artists they have a market that is fairly interesting in terms of making markets and virtual outcomes howe
mccain and his operatives manipulating the john mccain contractor in that race in the manipulating the mitt romney contract and trying to influence those outcomes so a couple of things first of all markets are not predictive that's false that's a false so that's brokers tell customers to get them to give them their money that they can they they know which way the market's going and if they if they did they wouldn't be asking you for your money they would be talking to you maybe on an island...
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he could certainly learn a thing, mitt romney could, about being courageous from john mccain. remember in 2008 when john mccain stood up to the people who thought president obama administration was a muslim. >> no, man. he is not. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> jennifer: john mccain earned a lot of respect for standing up and being honest. mitt romney remains silent. silence in the face of these kind of comments is unacceptable. there's a saying that goes not to speak is to speak. not to act is to act. joining me from washington to discuss the republican's race to the bottom is democratic strategist and syndicated columnist karl frisch, and coming to us from boston is charlie pierce, contributing editor of "esquire" magazine. both of you gentlemen welcome back inside "the war room." >> good evening, governor. >> hello, governor. how are you? >> jennifer: i am great. charlie let me start with you. how it is that mitt romney can continue to affiliation himself with people who make inane comments like those. >> first of all the jesuate fathers thought me [ inaudible ] he i
he could certainly learn a thing, mitt romney could, about being courageous from john mccain. remember in 2008 when john mccain stood up to the people who thought president obama administration was a muslim. >> no, man. he is not. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> jennifer: john mccain earned a lot of respect for standing up and being honest. mitt romney remains silent. silence in the face of these kind of comments is unacceptable. there's a saying that goes not to speak is to...
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these were his predictions for states that john mccain was definitely going to win. >> john mccain is leading in the states he's got to lead in like ohio and florida. we'll pick up pennsylvania. we think we have a good shot at virginia, new hampshire, new mexico, nevada. that's the pathway to victory for john mccain. >> see how all those states were blue? his confident predictions that john mccain was going to win all those states in 2008 were wrong in every single instance. they lost every single one of those states. even though it seemed like he was going to win all of those states the day before the election. he didn't say like he felt they were going to win. he said they have the polling data that showed they were going to win and they did not win in any of those states. this is just part of the way the game is played. it's just bluffing. and that is important context for understanding what's going on in the last four days of the campaign. there are patterns to how presidential elections end. some of the same stuff happens every four years. specifically, in 1992, the republican ca
these were his predictions for states that john mccain was definitely going to win. >> john mccain is leading in the states he's got to lead in like ohio and florida. we'll pick up pennsylvania. we think we have a good shot at virginia, new hampshire, new mexico, nevada. that's the pathway to victory for john mccain. >> see how all those states were blue? his confident predictions that john mccain was going to win all those states in 2008 were wrong in every single instance. they...
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the waning days in the 08 campaign john mccain came out with j the plumber. you remember one of his surrogates and beating up on senator barack obama and only 4000 people fit and democrats said john mccain can't get big crowds and then senator obama was nearby cleveland, the final weekend of an outdoor crowd of 80,000 people . this morning, barack obama is coming to the gym where john mccain and giving you on the perspective of enthusiasm being down. the president will bring out celebrities as he goes with yay z and stevie wonder and bruce springsteen and having concerts and rallis and trying in the early votersing states like ohio and florida and like colorado where their they are getting the early vote out there. and two other thing that is the president is trying to d heh enthusiasm. he is not the candidate of change and mitt romney is the cand date of change. the president bushing back and tough on mitt romney and said he is recycling old failed economic policies of the past . that is one way to push back and number two. president said in states like ohio
the waning days in the 08 campaign john mccain came out with j the plumber. you remember one of his surrogates and beating up on senator barack obama and only 4000 people fit and democrats said john mccain can't get big crowds and then senator obama was nearby cleveland, the final weekend of an outdoor crowd of 80,000 people . this morning, barack obama is coming to the gym where john mccain and giving you on the perspective of enthusiasm being down. the president will bring out celebrities as...
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through the wall street journal john mccain went on david letterman talking about how the anthrax came from saddam hussein saddam hussein's suppose a biological weapons program. and i mean. yeah i mean you know so the best case scenario is that they used it use it to ratchet up the fear to really get everyone on board with the iraq invasion and using that threat and they never really did come out and say that the anthrax was not the muslim terrorism they said it just kind of went under the radar robin but now that we know that members of the bush administration were on separate and also the targeted members that voted they were opposite to the patriot act i mean what do you think the worst case scenario is now that we know these kind of damning facts. what was the worst case scenario is that i mean the motive. the motives there are questionable i mean why would someone who's a terrorist who wanted to you know muslim terrorists why would they want to send anthrax letters to people who are opposing the patriot act. i mean you have to wonder you know i can only speculate with the worst ca
through the wall street journal john mccain went on david letterman talking about how the anthrax came from saddam hussein saddam hussein's suppose a biological weapons program. and i mean. yeah i mean you know so the best case scenario is that they used it use it to ratchet up the fear to really get everyone on board with the iraq invasion and using that threat and they never really did come out and say that the anthrax was not the muslim terrorism they said it just kind of went under the...
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i think of john mccain, a hero that has roots near this city. he said, no -- he tried to deflect the heroism that was associated with his name. he said, no, i have the honor of serving in the company of heroes. and he is right. i think of the young men and women coming out of college and high school who put aside their career and decide to enlist in our armed forces. i appreciate those who serve our country. [applause] >> i love -- i love our national anthem. [applause] >> i love the words we get to sing in our national anthem, and america the beautiful, the verse, obeautiful for heroes prove in liberating stride, who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life. will ore veterans please raise your hands and members of the armed forces and be recognized. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. americans in all walks of life live for things bigger than themselves. those in our military live for our country and for freedom. i think of my sister in a very different way. my sister lynn has eight children. the first seven are al
i think of john mccain, a hero that has roots near this city. he said, no -- he tried to deflect the heroism that was associated with his name. he said, no, i have the honor of serving in the company of heroes. and he is right. i think of the young men and women coming out of college and high school who put aside their career and decide to enlist in our armed forces. i appreciate those who serve our country. [applause] >> i love -- i love our national anthem. [applause] >> i love...
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you saw john mccain raise the bar for the president. saying remember john mccain suspend-- he did it a couple of times, but one for hurricane gustav, a knocked a day off the republican convention to try to create a sense of "i'm president." one of the things important about taking the president off the campaign trail in terms of this early vote question, when want president ams can to town he's fly paper and gets people there to the events. what do the campaigns do? they turn those people into solterlz who will then go knock on dispersants on that final push at th end. they also turn them into votes in some states. i was in ohio this week. they were bussing them from the event to the ear polling place where the, where the romney forces were watching to see how big of a turnout they got. if he is not on the trail to have that activity happen, then the early voting has to happen by its own but without that strong push from the candidate. >> they will send bill clinton, michelle obama. they will have other people to do this. >> schieffer:
you saw john mccain raise the bar for the president. saying remember john mccain suspend-- he did it a couple of times, but one for hurricane gustav, a knocked a day off the republican convention to try to create a sense of "i'm president." one of the things important about taking the president off the campaign trail in terms of this early vote question, when want president ams can to town he's fly paper and gets people there to the events. what do the campaigns do? they turn those...
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. >> but let me ask you about john mccain. we have recent example of john mccain, a recent example where a candidate called for an end to the campaign. he was going tocampaign. he was going to put up debates and everything else in the last election and he looked a little foolish. so tell me how that works. >> he did. >> explain. >> it's a careful balance here. when you say that you want to halt everything because there's a challenge, a disaster, an economic challenge, you better have some reason for it, something that is coming of it, and you also need to know when to restart. and that's going to be the great challenge over the next couple of days. look, the president of the united states is in an ideal position so long as the response to this disaster is well done. if there's a mess-up, as you have referenced earlier in this show, like in chicago in '79 with the snowstorm, that can blow back on the leader. but if this goes well, if the president comes off well, he gains an advantage here. and for mitt romney, the great challe
. >> but let me ask you about john mccain. we have recent example of john mccain, a recent example where a candidate called for an end to the campaign. he was going tocampaign. he was going to put up debates and everything else in the last election and he looked a little foolish. so tell me how that works. >> he did. >> explain. >> it's a careful balance here. when you say that you want to halt everything because there's a challenge, a disaster, an economic challenge,...
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i senate a later to secretary panetta and i sent another one with john mccain more recently . the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think in the last couple of days, there is more about among the media in looking at the issue it is truly a shocking break down and also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will see more interest in this and i hope we can get to the bottom quickly. >> is there a reason governor romney has not made that a bigger issue. >> he's talked about it some and allowed surrogates like you and me to talk about it more. senator mccain and lindsay graham who did a terrific job raising the issue and being explicit of what thes are we are looking for. i think the american people know there is something amiss and very wrong when you have americans in harm's way and folks not responding coming to their aid despite the pleas. i think what happened in benghazi, unfortunately is the spread of islamic extremism in horn much africa and middle east running contrary to what the president is saying. h
i senate a later to secretary panetta and i sent another one with john mccain more recently . the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think in the last couple of days, there is more about among the media in looking at the issue it is truly a shocking break down and also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will see more interest in this and i hope we can get to the bottom quickly. >> is there a reason governor romney...
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my name is angela trapp, and i sea food differently. >>> up next, john mccain using storm relief to attack president obama on his handling of benghazi? we'll have the details. >>> and richard wolffe joins me to discuss how sandy will affect the presidential campaign a week before the election. we're coming right back. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> one week from tonight we may know who the next president will be. hurricane sandy has presented a unique challenge for the campaigns just one week from the the election. president obama cancelled campaign events in order to monitor recovery efforts. in an e-mail to supporters, his campaign manager asked for donations not for the the campaign, but for the american red cross stating soon enough we'l
my name is angela trapp, and i sea food differently. >>> up next, john mccain using storm relief to attack president obama on his handling of benghazi? we'll have the details. >>> and richard wolffe joins me to discuss how sandy will affect the presidential campaign a week before the election. we're coming right back. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers......
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senator john mccain said there was no way the military could have intervened. >> there are forces all over the mediterranean and europe. they were not in the state of readiness that they could have been. and the aspect of it is, it was well known there were two attacks on the facility as you know. and in april and in june. dinner you can hear more about the special investigation. benghazi new revelation that is coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern and tomorrow at three and 10:00 p.m. eastern time. we are learning about a foil would terror plot in the indonesia ambassador. terrorist are underarrest. the spokesman told the associated press that the men belonged to a movement for indonesian society. and it was a bomb making manual and a number of explosives. >> she provided a quiet voice of protest. malala, the 15 year old shot in the head by the taliban for daring to want to go to school is at a critical turning point. she is unable to talk but can write and stand. before her parents left to visit her. malala asked her father to bring her school books. he called her progress still a miracle.
senator john mccain said there was no way the military could have intervened. >> there are forces all over the mediterranean and europe. they were not in the state of readiness that they could have been. and the aspect of it is, it was well known there were two attacks on the facility as you know. and in april and in june. dinner you can hear more about the special investigation. benghazi new revelation that is coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern and tomorrow at three and 10:00 p.m. eastern...
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go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> up next, john mccain using storm relief to attack president obama on his handling of benghazi? we'll have the details. >>> and richard wolffe joins me to discuss how sandy will affect the presidential campaign a week before the election. we're coming right back. with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility -- what's your policy? >>> one week from tonight we may know who the next president will be. hurricane sandy has presented a unique challenge for the campaigns just one week from the the election. president obama cancelled campaign events in order to monitor recovery efforts. in an e-mail to supporters, his campaign manager asked for donations not for the the campaign, but for the american red cross stating soon enough we'll get back to work
go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> up next, john mccain using storm relief to attack president obama on his handling of benghazi? we'll have the details. >>> and richard wolffe joins me to discuss how sandy will affect the presidential campaign a week before the election. we're coming right back. with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from...
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that's how she made her name, but, still, better than john mccain. [laughter] and even, you know in the hillary-obama debate, the questions to obama were softball that saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary clinton asked complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he wanted another pillow. [laughter] that was a fair summary, and the really stunning thing of last week's debate was not how poorly obama did. he was as good as he ever was. [applause] if john mccain was on the stage with him, we'd be the ones with long faces this week. no, it was how magnificent romney was and first time obama faced a tough opponent. i mean, his whole life he's been, as he says, as long as you don't make fast moves, look calm, white people love you. by his own account, smoking pot at the university, not particularly applying himself, and manages to transfer to the premier universities in america, columbia, and from there, he rockets to harvard law school, and he's instantly president of the harvard law review, he was president for two weeks
that's how she made her name, but, still, better than john mccain. [laughter] and even, you know in the hillary-obama debate, the questions to obama were softball that saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary clinton asked complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he wanted another pillow. [laughter] that was a fair summary, and the really stunning thing of last week's debate was not how poorly obama did. he was as good as he ever was. [applause] if john mccain...
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as i mentioned, lima, 60% of that vote went to john mccain. is the president tailoring his message different than what we heard today, kristen? >> reporter: good afternoon, tamron. i think we will hear a similar message in lima we heard during the president's first two stops today. he's talking about the fact he had improvements and the latest unemployment report to make that argument, but he's really focusing on the auto bailout, the auto industry specifically slamming mitt romney for his recent claims that jeep is shipping jobs to china. the president said the companies themselves have told governor romney to knock it off. it's worth noting that papers in this area have come out and said that those claims are false. the romney campaign continues to stand by their ad that says the auto bailout will lead it to shipping jobs overseas. that's the big focus today. why? it's an issue that resonates with the voters here's in ohio. one out of every eight ohioans has a connection to the auto industry. many believe it's responsible to his modest lead
as i mentioned, lima, 60% of that vote went to john mccain. is the president tailoring his message different than what we heard today, kristen? >> reporter: good afternoon, tamron. i think we will hear a similar message in lima we heard during the president's first two stops today. he's talking about the fact he had improvements and the latest unemployment report to make that argument, but he's really focusing on the auto bailout, the auto industry specifically slamming mitt romney for...
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i sent another oney john mccain more recently. the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think just in the last couple of days i have seen a little more interest among the media in looking that the issue because it truly is a shocking breakdown on the operational side but also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will start to see more interest in this and i hope we can get to the bottom of it very quickly. >> mike: s there a reason that governor romney has not made that a bigger issue in the waning days of the campaign? >> well, he has talked about it some. but i think he is has allowed surrogates like you and me to talk about it more. folks on the armed services committee like senator mccain and senator graham have done a job of racing issues like what the answers are we are looking for. there is something very wrong when you have americans in harm's way and folks not responding coming to their aid despite their pleas. i also think what happened in benghazi unfortunately is an example of the spread of i
i sent another oney john mccain more recently. the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think just in the last couple of days i have seen a little more interest among the media in looking that the issue because it truly is a shocking breakdown on the operational side but also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will start to see more interest in this and i hope we can get to the bottom of it very quickly. >> mike: s...
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they will do better than john mccain. we may not do as well as we did in 2008 but we doing plenty well and well enough to win the race. >>chris: on florida, president obama is down by more than a point in the polls but you make the final advertising by the campaign there in florida, why not in the state you must win? >> we feel very competitive in the state of florida. there have been many polls and in all of the polls, the battleground state polls in the last 48 hours we are ahead in 90 percent including florida. there are a couple of mixed polls in florida but we are very pleased with where we are in early voting. we will go in election day with a large leap so we are competitive in florida and they know it. they are spending the time there. if they were comfortable in florida they would not spend as much time and money as they are spending. >>chris: when will we know who the next president is? will it come sooner than expected? or will this stretch into wednesday morning? >>guest: i think some of the cases are very clo
they will do better than john mccain. we may not do as well as we did in 2008 but we doing plenty well and well enough to win the race. >>chris: on florida, president obama is down by more than a point in the polls but you make the final advertising by the campaign there in florida, why not in the state you must win? >> we feel very competitive in the state of florida. there have been many polls and in all of the polls, the battleground state polls in the last 48 hours we are ahead...
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karen, let me play you something that john mccain said today. he was in ohio supporting the gop senate candidate but said very nasty words about the president and the 9/11 libya attack. take a listen to this. >> this president is either engaged in a massive cover-up concealing from the american people or is so grossly incompetent that he's not qualified to be the commander in chief of our armed forces. >> karen, like many of us, we respect mr. mccain's service to this nation both politically and militarily, but is it really appropriate on a day like this to start giving a commentary about the president of the united states in those tones? >> and also it's just very disappointing, martin. i think this is the complete political transformation of john mccain that we've seen. i used -- like you, i have had great respect for john mccain and he knows as well as anyone, and condoleezza rice herself went out and made the point in terms of the things that happened in benghazi and that information was changesiing, th that's what's happening. you have to g
karen, let me play you something that john mccain said today. he was in ohio supporting the gop senate candidate but said very nasty words about the president and the 9/11 libya attack. take a listen to this. >> this president is either engaged in a massive cover-up concealing from the american people or is so grossly incompetent that he's not qualified to be the commander in chief of our armed forces. >> karen, like many of us, we respect mr. mccain's service to this nation both...
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states, so, yes, they will do better than john mccain did and we may not do as well as we did in 2008, but, we are doing plenty well and well enough to win the race. >> chris: let me ask you, briefly, about florida, where president obama is down by more than a point, in the polls. and yet you are making your final advertising by the campaign there. in florida. why not in the state you must win? >> well, first of all, we feel very competitive in the state of florida. there have been a spate of polls, in fact in all of these polls, battle ground state polls that came out the last 48 hours, we are ahead in 90% of them, including florida. and there were a couple of mixed polls in florida, but we are very pleased with where we are in early voting. and, we believe we are -- there, too, on election day, we'll go in with a large lead. and we are very competitive in florida and they know it because they are spending a lot of time there. if they were comfortable in florida, they wouldn't be spending as much time and money as they are spending, down there today. >> chris: david, when will we kno
states, so, yes, they will do better than john mccain did and we may not do as well as we did in 2008, but, we are doing plenty well and well enough to win the race. >> chris: let me ask you, briefly, about florida, where president obama is down by more than a point, in the polls. and yet you are making your final advertising by the campaign there. in florida. why not in the state you must win? >> well, first of all, we feel very competitive in the state of florida. there have been...
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and keep in mind, john mccain got 31%, more than that, four years ago. how big a role will hispanic voters play? we turn to our partners at univision, and jorge ramos tonight. hjorg jorge? >> reporter: david, the new rule in american politics is that no one can make it to the whitehouse without the hispanic vote. this tuesday about 12 million latinos will go to the polls but it will be very important to watch what hispanics do in curial states like colorado, nevada and florida. it is no surprise that those states are being bombarded by political ads en espanol. historically, latinos tend to vote more for democrats than republicans and that won't change, presuming president barack obama will get the majority of the hispanic vote 3 to 1. but if mitt romney can get more than a third of the latino vote, it will be a very, very close election. the most important issues for latinos are jobs, education and health care, but immigration defines who is with us and who is against us. immigration is personal. president barack obama wants to legalize millions of undo
and keep in mind, john mccain got 31%, more than that, four years ago. how big a role will hispanic voters play? we turn to our partners at univision, and jorge ramos tonight. hjorg jorge? >> reporter: david, the new rule in american politics is that no one can make it to the whitehouse without the hispanic vote. this tuesday about 12 million latinos will go to the polls but it will be very important to watch what hispanics do in curial states like colorado, nevada and florida. it is no...
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candidate but i am talking about what is attractive about john mccain in the beginning was he a straight talk to the press. >> not a lot of specifics about dealing with the real hard things. look, the big challenge the country faces now are all subsumed by the fiscal cliff because we need tax reform, we need entitle. reform, we need to deal with the debt and deficit and job creation in the short-term and focus on to the big issues like energy and immigration but they are all hard. >> rose: don't you think that the public, i am asking, i am real naive about this, they want boldness, they want leadership, they want someon someone that wl level with them or not? in the end you think the evidence that the road to believing what the naivete of me is strewn with the bodies of defeated politicians. >> well i am not sure anyone i can think of has tried at the level of specificity that would be required in this case. i don't know that we have any strewn bodies to look at. >> in other words -- >> the bodies nobody would even try it. >> it would be mice if a michael bloomberg had run or somebody co
candidate but i am talking about what is attractive about john mccain in the beginning was he a straight talk to the press. >> not a lot of specifics about dealing with the real hard things. look, the big challenge the country faces now are all subsumed by the fiscal cliff because we need tax reform, we need entitle. reform, we need to deal with the debt and deficit and job creation in the short-term and focus on to the big issues like energy and immigration but they are all hard....